Rogation Days

Dublin Community Church, May 2018

This week, we come once again to Rogationtide*, when clergy and members of the English church historically "beat the bounds" of the parish, both to pray for God's blessing on the crops and to remind people where the perimeter lay. Contemporary observances may be found on Youtube.

Given the time of year, it was fitting to focus on a church when I joined local urban sketchers downtown, a few days ago. (Note to self: next time, bring a chair.)

Below is an earlier sketch of the building, done from a different perspective.

*These are the dates observed by the Western Rite Orthodox Church. Since western Catholics and Protestants celebrated Easter a week earlier this year, rogation days (set just before Ascension Day) will be found May 7-9, on their calendar.

Dublin Community Church, July 2014

Pit stop

Fill 'er up?

I'm old enough to remember gas station attendants who came out to the car, asked how much gas you wanted, put it in the tank, and took payment. They often cleaned the windshield, as the tank filled. Those threads of local connection have been severed.

Railroad Crossing

Right side of the tracks

Coal cars

Every so often, we wait for a train to pass through the grain elevator hamlet of Kileville, and I do a quick sketch. It's fun to imagine what's in the railway cars, where they came from, and where they are going.

I grew up on sad train songs like Wreck of the Old 97 and Hobo Bill's Last Ride. Railway transportation doesn't seem to have changed much since then. Watching the freight cars roll by takes me on a little trip back in time.

Autumn is here

Fall in Ohio brings pumpkins, chrysanthemums, and Buckeye football.

Farm market

Yutzy's farm market added an open air fruit and vegetable barn this summer. Garage doors are raised on the west side, allowing easy unloading of produce and air circulation.

Flowers on front porch

This summer we have amaryllis, purple cosmos, pink verbena, pink geraniums, and yellow kalanchoe in pots out on the porch. A few inches of lantana leaves survive; a small animal nibbled away the petunias. It doesn't look like the gladioli, free nursery leftovers planted late, will bloom. Pink roses and golden stella d'oro are blooming in the front flower bed.

Bibibop

Bibibop is one of our new favorites. The interior is light and bright, and the food nutritious. They have a short assembly line, where staff add ingredients to your bowl as directed, similar to Piada and Chipotle. We are happy a new one will be opening fairly close to our house, in a couple months. Free miso soup.

Here, I just quickly played with angles, sketching from the car. I also tried to pay attention to tones. Within four letters, I managed to commit what Roz Stendahl calls a "write-o". So it goes.

Costco

This man and woman were not from the same couple; since everyone keeps moving, I drew whoever was there when the pen hit the page.

I find it humorous, because you could see a similar contrast in body language in many couples headed for the entrance.

Note:  Oh my, another write-O! (Need more sleep.)

Plain City Florist

Once upon a time, this corner housed the public library.
There's a slight warp in this Pentallic paper, since the spill, that affects the photos. Wonder if it can be ironed out.

Farm Market in the Fall

Leaves courtesy of Koosje Koene's Fall Feast tutorial.